With mothers day only a couple of weeks away, I started thinking about gifts that Ted could make for his grandparents. There is something extra special about a gift that has been made especially for you, particularly by grand children. We have found loads of lovely ideas for mother’s day gifts for children to make – here are just a few of our favorites to give you some inspiration. Continue reading
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Milk bottle elephant
Milk bottle elephant
Here is Ted’s milk bottle Elmer the Elephant. We first made one of these together a year or two ago at our village toddler group, and it was our friend Hannah D who introduced us to this craft. I still can’t believe how a plastic milk bottle can be transformed into such a cute elephant. Continue reading
Halloween sun catcher
Halloween sun catcher
Here is Ted’s Halloween sun catcher, which he made to hang in our window for Halloween. He was keen to have lots of bats flying in the sky, which I cut out for him to stick on. I love tissue paper and we got all of our colourful paper tissue out, which he sifted through and was very thoughtful about choosing different shades of blue for the sky. Continue reading
Paper plate tissue paper window
Paper plate stained glass window
We enjoyed making the tissue paper stained glass windows soooo much that Ted wanted to make more and more of them and we thought we would see how they worked using a paper plate as a frame, and here it is. Continue reading
Tissue paper window
Tissue paper windows
We thought we would add a splash of colour into our lives by making these tissue paper stained glass windows – Ted has enjoyed making them so much he has made three and has plans for making more. Continue reading
